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Sailboat Of The Day.

There is nothing better than a photo of a sailing canoe.

March Skinny Hull Magazine.

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Skinny Hull Canoe And Kayak Sailing Magazine

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Volume 1, Number 2

Vaka.

On the tiny isolated island of Taumako, located in the eastern fringe of the Solomon Islands, live about 500 people who build and sail traditional voyaging canoes in the way of the ancient Polynesians. To learn more about them, go to the Pacific Traditions website.

Sailing Photo Of The Day - The IIIC Sailing Canoe.

Hello Santa or someone from Finland,
Do you know where I can get my hands on the plans for the IIIC?

Traditional Sailing Canoes.

What Is Old Is New Again. [Part 2]

Proas sailing during the 2001 Outrigger Marshall Islands National Cup.
I've got to start building the Ulua.

What Is Old Is New Again.

This is the 'Rushton Princess No. 2" a sailing canoe from the 1880's, hand built by John Floutier. If anyone would like to ask questions or would like more information go to www.floutiercanoes.co.uk.

Paraw!

The Paraw is a double outrigger sail boat found in the Philippines. The paraw is similar to a proa, however, the paraw has two outrigger(s) or katig. With a fresh breeze, and an Ilonggo at the helm, the paraw is a strikingly fast boat, making 20 to 30 kph through the waves.

If you live in Southeast Asia, take a trip to the Philippines and see the amazing Iloilo Paraw Regatta starting February 13th.

Even Guys From Florida Know That You Can Go Sailing The Seas Around The Aina.

From Rotorhead, altered by me.
Sailing his Gary Dierking designed Wa'apa with his keiki.

You've Heard Of Log Cabins, How About Log Canoes? [Sailing Video]

Island Blossom Log Canoe from B. A. on Vimeo.

In a world full of mass produced "international sailing classes," it's great to see boats that were designed for local conditions are still being sailed.

Photo: Jenkins Sails

Friday Fishwrap. Part 1: Sailing

The highlights of the week from my fellow waterlogged bloggers and others.

W minus UH or is it a dash? From Ole's blog:

The Maltese Falcon...  279' long, wow.  Click to view slide show.  You might be impressed by the yacht, but I'm impressed by the amount of time it must have taken to design this yacht; all the myriad details of this huge beautiful complicated thing.  And I ask myself, how did the owner (Tom Perkins) make time for this?  The whole idea of leisure time - whether spent doing nothing, or spent doing something like designing one's yacht - is strange, alien.

“All boat design is a compromise” – Rubbish storerboatplans.com

Team Origin Wins 1851 Trophy YachtingWorld.com 

..nO wAY!! .sNIPEOUT

..ebbene sì..
..nonostante tutto ancora preferisco le regate sulle derive alla crociera..
..ed i toast alla piastra anzichè "fritti"..
..e adesso, per ri-bilanciare il karma di questa colonna..
..qui sotto una video-markettona vetero-nazionalista-buonista-finto-ecologista tanto ben confezionata quanto straziante..

Windsurfers Racing Extreme 40 Catamarans At Cowes waterhound.com

Dinghy - Nick Craig and James Stewart continue to lead Enterprise Nationals . . . Sailweb.co.uk

Five iPhone apps for sailors CNN International - World Sport

Wishing for the Darkness evk4

I'm not going to name names because what happens on the boat stays on the boat. Or something like that. I even have photographic evidence but am holding that in my special blackmail folder I keep on all people that I know (or know about). But I do have to tell the story.

The Scandinavian Cruiser-20: A Laser for the 21st Century! Doc Häagen-Dazs

Fish on Fridays Messing About In Sailboats.

Copa del Rey día 5 Jaunpa Cadario

Cat Crash H2uh0

Be Safe Because It's Getting Strange Out There Desert Sea

port mogeur in plouha Bowsprite

Äntligen windsurfingfredag… Blur

Laser - terza giornata di prove per il Campionato di Distretto 2010 Vela Blog

O Tahiti Nui Freedom Outrigger Sailing Canoes

Expedition to Papua New Guinea Canoe Sailing Magazine

So You Want To Go Sailing. If You Have A Canoe or Kayak, Here's How You Can.

From Sailing Yak
A simple and easy way for people to go sailing is by adding akas, amas, a mast and sail to a kayak.

Fortunately for us, Chesapeake Light Craft has an excellent kit (The SailRig™ MK2) that converts most kayaks and canoes into sailing trimarans. "Mounted on a single kayak, the acceleration is neck-snapping, with good handling upwind and down and 9-knot potential. Ten-foot beam gives you monolithic stability (and thus sail carrying power with no hiking out), but the whole rig can be dismantled for cartopping in a half-hour. The SailRig™ MK2 components weigh only about 30lbs total."

"While the CLC SailRig™-equipped kayak is a proper sailboat by any measure, the beauty of the design is that you get your kayak back when you're done sailing. With the SailRig™ removed, all that's left are four eyebolts and an easily hidden mast step: no bulky reinforcements or heavy gear. No worries if the wind dies, because the aka (crossbeam) spacing permits a paddling stroke with the SailRig™ in place.

Fast sailing kayak-trimarans open up all sorts of adventure possibilities. The compact kayak and rig can be cartopped to some far-flung archipelago, assembled on the beach, loaded with gear, and sailed 40+ miles in eight hours. If the wind dies, you paddle. In good weather, long crossings can be contemplated, and a theoretical voyage might carry you 250 miles or more in six days."

You Probably Won't See Ernesto And Larry Racing Each Other In These Boats.

The boats above are Dunkpunts. You don't need wads of cash to build them. They're the antithesis of Americas Cups Yachts.



The Duckpunt: "Sailing so chilled, the sailors lay down."
Leave it to the Brits to come up with this low key and inexpensive way to sail.

Cheers to Dylan for this video. This could be another boat for Bonnie to consider.

Technorati Tags: duckpunt, low key sailing, sailing

A Boat For Bonnie.

Bonnie, since you belong to a canoe club, have you thought about a E-kanot?
The beauty shown above is a production boat called the “Lunne” made by Lunne in Sweden.

Specification E-Canoe “Lunne”
Loa 6,00 m
Lwl 5,76 m
Beam 1,75 m
Draft 0,12 - 1,20 m
Displ 170 Kg
Sa 13 Sqm
Material GRP, composite
Design Torsten Sörvik

Rock'n Roll.

Gary Goes Sailing. [Video]

View on ExposureRoom

Gary Dierking, the king of outrigger sailing canoes, sailing a Ulua with his new GoPro cam. I swear I'm going to build the Ulua this year or I'll eat a bug!

Via Shawn.

Sailing Pic Of The Day.

Sailing Photo Of The Day.

I think it's time for a new sail.

Force 5 On Friday

Hold the fort Joe. Are you trying to pull a fast one? That's not a Force 5.
I might finally cross the Rubicon and buy a C class/5M sailing canoe. I'm going to take a look at one on Monday.

Does this mean the end of your Force 5? Absolutely not, I need to continue my eternal battle with Nemesis.